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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20233 min read
The Journey: Plotting and Writing Your Short Story
(Most writing prompts produce some paragraphs, but not a whole story. This one is designed to generate entire short stories. That’s why...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20232 min read
Enter An Impostor
“Are you so dazed by this man’s hocus-pocus, that all the world, save him, is out of focus?” asks Cléante, addressing Orgon in Moliere’s...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20234 min read
Hunter and Hunted: The Most Primal Plot Device
Something Comedian Paul Rodriquez said about hunting is often quoted, although it doesn’t stop anyone who likes hunting from doing their...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20233 min read
Boldly Embracing Plot Clichés
As any English Prof will tell you, avoid clichés like the, well, plague. It’s an instant F to start any story with, “It was a dark and...
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Craig S. Thompson
Mar 12, 20232 min read
Murder in the (Locked) Library
(On an island, of course…!) This writing exercise challenges students to try their hand at a classic Agatha Christy style story. The...
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